Arbitration

Initial reflections on the UN decision to establish a multilateral legal framework for the processes of public debt restructuring

1 October 2014 - by Jubilee South-Americas, CADTM AYNA, Lutheran World Federation

Since the imposition of the economic policies of the last dictatorship, the Argentine people have continued to suffer the impacts and consequences of the debt generated in that period and its subsequent restructurings. Amidst repeated crises and (...)
A summary of the report “Profiting from crisis”

13 May 2014 - by Giulia Simula

What do international arbitration institutions have in common with Domino’s Pizza, public transport operators, pawnbrokers, discount supermarkets, property auctioneers, and opposition politicians? Answer: all have profited from the global (...)
Why international arbitration cannot solve the public debt problem of developing countries

11 October 2011 - by CADTM

Summary of the position of the CADTM international network Table of Contents Introduction I.International arbitration : from theory to practice 1)Limitations of international arbitration over debt a- Limits of the ad hoc tribunal b- (...)
FDC celebrates House’s special provision in 2008 budget versus illegitimate debts

Freedom from Debt Coalition 12 November 2007 FDC celebrates House’s special provision in 2008 budget versus illegitimate debts Moments after the House of Representatives approved on third and final reading Monday the General Appropriations (...)
Public hearing on the World Bank

Convened by the World Bank Campaign Europe, under the auspices of the Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal The Hague, 21 October, 2007 DECLARATION Upon request from the World Bank Campaign Europe, a Public Hearing was convened on October 15 in the (...)
Three latin american nations announce plans to withdraw from World Bank arbitration body

4 May 2007 - by IPS / Food and Water Watch

New Report Exposes How the World Bank Investment Court Undermines Democracy Washington, DC - On April 29, the leaders of Bolivia, Venezuela, and Nicaragua agreed to withdraw from the World Bank’s international arbitration court, which rules on (...)
A manual on how to organise audits on third world debts

Let’s launch an enquiry into the debt!

Download in pdf If, for the creditors, the Third World debt can seem like a real gold mine, for the people living in the Third World, it feels more like a straight jacket. However the debt is a story... stories, very complicated, that can be (...)